توجه ! این یک نسخه آرشیو شده میباشد و در این حالت شما عکسی را مشاهده نمیکنید برای مشاهده کامل متن و عکسها بر روی لینک مقابل کلیک کنید : English poems
ЛίL∞F∆R
14th September 2008, 06:45 AM
my friends those who have poems in English with theyre meanings in persion should be located in this category
cheer up
SK8ER_GIRL
14th September 2008, 11:31 AM
sorry I say this
BUt I think It's better to write them just in Eng
and If we liked write Its translation in Per
thanks.
ЛίL∞F∆R
14th September 2008, 02:13 PM
sorry I say this
BUt I think It's better to write them just in Eng
and If we liked write Its translation in Per
thanks.
My dear
I think with persion meanings is better than, cause the friends can invigorate speaking of English
Thanks
ЛίL∞F∆R
14th September 2008, 08:24 PM
ARISE,oh Cup-bearer,rise! and bring
,To lips that are thirsting the bowl they praise
,For it seemed that love was an easy thing
.But my feel have fallen on difficult ways
I have prayed the wind o`er myheart to fling
-The fragrance of musk in her hair that sleeps
Inthe night of her hair-yet no fragrance stays
.The tears of my heart`s blood my sad heart weeps
:Hear the Tavern-keeper who counsels you
"!With wine , with red win youre prayer carpet dye"
There was never a traveller like him but knew
.The ways of the road and the hostelry
,Where shall i restm when the still night through
,Beyond thy gateway , oh heart of my heart
:The bells of the camels lament and cry
"!Bind up thy burden again and depart"
,The waves run high, night is clouded with fears
;And eddying whirlpools clash and roar
How shall my drowning voice strik their ears
?Whose light-freighted vessels have reached the shore
I sought mine own ; the unsparing years
.Have briught me mine own ,a dishonured name
What cloak shall cover my misery o`er
!When each jesting mouth has rehearsed my shame
,Oh Hafiz, seeking an end to strife
:Hold fast in thy mind what the wise have write
,If at last thou attain the desire of thy life "
"!Cast the world aside , yea ,abandon it
الا یا ایها الساقی ادر کاسا و ناولها ********************که عشق آسان نمود اول ولی افتاد مشکلها
به بوی نافهای کاخر صبا زان طره بگشاید***************ز تاب جعد مشکینش چه خون افتاد در دلها
مرا در منزل جانان چه امن عیش چون هر دم*********** جرس فریاد میدارد که بربندید محملها
به می سجاده رنگین کن گرت پیر مغان گوید*********** که سالک بیخبر نبود ز راه و رسم منزلها
شب تاریک و بیم موج و گردابی چنین هایل********** کجا دانند حال ما سبکباران ساحلها
همه کارم ز خود کامی به بدنامی کشید آخر******** نهان کی ماند آن رازی کز او سازند محفلها
حضوری گر همیخواهی از او غایب مشو حافظ**** متی ما تلق من تهوی دع الدنیا و اهملها
ЛίL∞F∆R
20th September 2008, 05:55 PM
Carino
کارینو(محبت)
Baby ,never have I ever wanted anyone like I want you babe
عزیزم, هرگز,هرگز کسی را به اندازه ی تو نخواسته ام
Come and ,let me show you just how much I feel inside
بیا و بگذار نشانت بدهم در درونم چه احساسی دارم
I got so much love
در درونم یک دنیا عشق دارم
Oh baby when Iget near you ,ooh
آه , عزیزم وقتی به تو نزدیک می شوم
I can`t control what im feeling ,baby
نمی توانم احساسم را کنترل کنم
I got so much love to give you
یک دنیا عشق دارم که به تو بدهم
That I would probably want you all the time
آن قدر عشق دارم که همیشه تو را می خواهم
(carino,quedate conmigo carino)
(محبت, با من با محبت باش)
I gotta have youre love
به داشتن عشق تو نیاز دارم
(carino,quedate conmigo carino)
(محبت, با من با محبت باش)
Need to feel youre touch
به احساس نوازش تو نیاز دارم
(carino,quedate conmigo carino)
(محبت, با من با محبت باش)
Never get enough
هیچ وقت محبت و نوازش کافی از تو نمی گیرم
I wish that I
کاش می توانستم
Could spend all my days and nights wrapped in your arms
همه ی روزها و شب هایم را در بغل تو بگذرانم
spending time whit you
وقتم را با تو بگذرانم
cause all I see in this world
چون در این دنیا
Is me and you and no one else ,ooh
فقط تو و خودمو را می بینم و نه کس دیگری را
Iwant you more and more
تو را بیشتر و بیشتر می خواهم
oh baby please undrestand me
آه خواهش می کنم مرا درک کن.
Source: Njavan.ir
diamonds55
20th September 2008, 07:30 PM
How Do You Interpret Love
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Once a Girl when having a conversation with her lover, asked
Why do you like me..? Why do you love me
I can't tell the reason... but I really like you
You can't even tell me the reason... how can you say you like me
How can you say you love me
I really don't know the reason, but I can prove that I love U
Proof ? No! I want you to tell me the reason
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Ok..ok!!! Erm... because you are beautiful
because your voice is sweet
because you are caring
because you are loving
because you are thoughtful
because of your smile
The Girl felt very satisfied with the lover's answer
Unfortunately, a few days later, the Lady met with an accident and went in coma
The Guy then placed a letter by her side
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Darling, Because of your sweet voice that I love you, Now can you talk
No! Therefore I cannot love you
Because of your care and concern that I like you Now that you cannot show them, therefore I cannot love you
Because of your smile, because of your movements that I love you
Now can you smile? Now can you move? No , therefore I cannot love you
http://i34.tinypic.com/k9cfix.jpg
If love needs a reason, like now, There is no reason for me to love you anymore
Does love need a reason
NO! Therefore!!
I Still LOVE YOU..
http://i36.tinypic.com/neyw61.jpg
True love never dies for it is lust that fades away
Love bonds for a lifetime but lust just pushes away
Immature love says: "I love you because I need you"
Mature love says "I need you because I love you"
Fate Determines Who Comes Into Our Lives, But Heart Determines Who Stays
nafise sadeghi
24th September 2008, 04:11 PM
Friendship
Friendship
Friendship is love,
Without friendship love means nothing!
Without friendship love is empty…
Without friendship love is boring...!
Friendship means sharing…
People learn to share from friendship,
Share everything they have in life,
Friendship is like stars,
Even though we always see them together
Always mean to each other…
But,
Sometimes they argue!
Friendship is like flower,
Soft but strong!
Friendship is like sun,
Bright and beautiful!
Friendship is everything in life,
Life without friendship is like life without air…
Life without friendship is like eats without food
And
Life without friendship is like body without soul…
Friendship is wide!
Anybody can be our friend,
Our parents, our grandparents, our sister, our brother and even our school principal!
Friendship….
Is everything!
Qistina Zaini
SK8ER_GIRL
25th September 2008, 04:07 PM
I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
Your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
[Chorus:]
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me
You used to captivate me
By your resonating light
Now I'm bound by the life you left behind
Your face it haunts
My once pleasant dreams
Your voice it chased away
All the sanity in me
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
[Chorus]
I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
But though you're still with me
I've been alone all along
nafise sadeghi
26th September 2008, 02:23 AM
Magic Moments
Magic moments happen in our lives
when we are kissed by an angel
under the moonlight.
A magic moment we cling on to,
just one of the many magic moments
our lives pass through.
The sweet scent of flowers that surround us
in the summer while love lingers in the air,
more magic moments there.
Magic moments that fill our lives with joy,
moments that rekindle love’s dying flame
making it burn strong again.
31 July 2008
David Harris
nafise sadeghi
26th September 2008, 02:25 AM
'Oh, Heart'
Oh heart, oh heart, why must you beat?
Oh heart, oh heart, why must you weap?
Oh heart, oh heart, why must you hide?
Oh heart, oh heart, what lies inside?
Oh heart, oh heart, why must you cry?
Oh heart, oh heart, why do you despise?
Oh heart, oh heart, why are you weak?
Oh heart, oh heart, why can't you speak?
Oh heart, oh heart, why must you burn?
Oh heart, oh heart, why can't you learn?
Oh heart, oh heart, what went wrong?
Oh, heart, oh heart, can't you be strong?
Oh heart, oh heart, why are you blue?
Oh heart, oh heart, where are you?
Whitney Albrigh
nafise sadeghi
26th September 2008, 02:26 AM
Reason To smile
How can one smile such sweet smiles,
When one is so saddened by sorrows for miles,
How can I smile the same smiles,
When life brings me nothing but tears,
I wondered for so long,
What reason you had to smile that long,
To keep smiling though troubles come,
And still remain sweet and silently overcome,
It's such a mystery to me,
Your smiles from heaven with glee,
I adore and yet envy thee,
But I'd rather you smile those at me,
I feel happy when I see you smile,
Even if I'm sad and lonely,
Your smiles bring me somewhere,
I don't even know where,
But it was you,
You gave me the reason to smile,
To smile with no reason,
To smile for a smile,
I guess life is just like that,
We need not a reason to smile,
For a smile is the reason itself,
To rejoice and open-heartedly give thanks,
I learned to smile because of you,
Because your smiles bring me joy when blue,
It proves how well and powerful,
A simple sweet smile can become so beautiful,
Smile for the sake of a smile,
Smile for the sake of happiness,
Smile for the sake of life,
Smile because of hope left in life,
Smile my friends,
Smile for me my Love,
Smile those same sweet smiles,
Smile so the world can be a peaceful dove...
Lost Butterfly
mma_abroshan
27th September 2008, 01:14 PM
Hia every one-Am a little new to this topic...
I really do appreciate your job n Isuggest others to put poems or wise sayings like
what "diamonds55 (http://www.njavan.ir/forum/member.php?u=21)" did!
Thanks.
nafise sadeghi
7th October 2008, 09:06 AM
'Friend'
What hurts the most is that you are supposed to be my friend,
but you treat me like a foe.
Don't you see I love you? Yet you drive me crazy.
I hate to be around you for fear that you'll cut be deeper than ever before.
Those cold, malicious, mocking words you utter in response make me wince.
You can be kind but choose not to be.
Don't you see, I'm your friend!
So why do you treat me like a foe?
Rossella Rossella
nafise sadeghi
7th October 2008, 09:11 AM
Nature
Nature is quite today.
Nature seems to be enjoying in itself.
There are many creatures playing with the nature.
Nature makes a sweet sound.
Everything is lost in the nature.
There is a melodious song playing in the nature.
Nature itself sways and makes us sway.
The world itself is lost in the nature.
The music is also mixed with the nature.
God also takes rest in the lap of nature.
Nature is our mother.
We are its children.
Nature loves us like our mother.
Nature does not take anything from us but gives.
We play and frisk in a cheerful way with the nature.
Pushkar Bisht
nafise sadeghi
7th October 2008, 09:12 AM
Nature
nature is full of colors
with beautiful scented flowers
if your'e in a forest or a park
its nice even in the dark
nature is full of beasts and birds
with so many shrubs and ferns
its mountains are very high
they almost touch the sky
nature has its deserts
and nature has its plains
at times its sunny
sometimes it rains
nature is so pretty and bountiful
with snow covered peaks and sounds so beautiful
when people destroy nature, remember
we need nature for our future.
Rishi Menon
11 years.
Rishi Menon
ЛίL∞F∆R
18th October 2008, 01:58 PM
انان که خاک را به نظر کیمیا کنند
ایا بود که گوشه چشمی به ما کنند
Those who turn lead into gold
?Will they ever our sight behold
دردم نهفته به ز طبیبان مدعی
باشد که از خزانه غیبش دوا کنند
I hide my ills from false physicians
.May my cure come from the invisible fold
چون حسن عاقبت نه به رندی و زاهدیست
ان به که کار خود به عنایت رها کنند
,Salvation is not in piety
.The deed for its own sake should unfold
می خور که صد گناه ز اغیار در حجاب
بهتر ز طاعتی که به روی و ریا کنند
Drinking the forbidden wine with sincerity
.Surpass the moral rules we pretend to uphold
حالی درون پرده بسی فتنه می رود
تا ان رمان که پرده بر افتد چه ها کنند
,Behind the veil, many schemes remain
?After unveiling, how will they be sold
معشوق چون نقاب ز رخ بر نمی کشد
هر کس حکایتی به تصور چرا کنند
When beloved reveals a glimpse
.Many tales by many are told
گر سنگ از این حدیث بنالد عجب مدار
صاحبدلان حکایت دل خوش ادا کنند
Heartwarming tales of lovers in this world
.Warm even the hearts that may be ice cold
پیراهنی که اید از او بوی یوسفم
ترسم برادران غیورش قبا کنند
,The shirt that carried Joseph’s scent
.His brothers would gladly have sold
بی معرفت مباش که در من یزید عشق
اهل نظر معامله به اشنا کنند
Be fair with my increasing love
.Let not others mock me and scold
بگذر به کوی میکده تا زمره حضور
اوقات خود ز بهر تو صرف دعا کنند
Come, show yourself in the tavern
.To the servants whom your passage extolled
پنهان ز حاسدان به خودم خوان که منعمان
خیر نهان برای رضای خدا کنند
Keep jealous eyes away, because the good
.For God’s sake, choose the good and bold
حافظ مدام وصل میسر نمی شود
شاهان کم التفات به حال گدا کنند
;Hafiz, sustained union cannot be cajoled
.Kings in the marketplace rarely strolled
nafise sadeghi
29th October 2008, 02:15 AM
Hope
What I hope for is happy.
What I hope for is love.
What I hope for is peace.
What I hope for is that hope itself is not lost.
Many people give upon hope,
Never going for more.
Never putting it on line and hope that everything will alright.
Hope is that what make sorrow go away.
Hope is kingdom were build on it,
Hope that greatness would come pass.
What I hope for is happy
I hope for is love
I hope for a life of peace
I hope that hope itself never gets lost.
jody johnson
mariatana
2nd November 2008, 03:01 PM
it is very very nice , come on do s.th like that too much
thanks
i wish see you soon
nafise sadeghi
4th November 2008, 11:28 PM
Bless me, Heavenly Father
Your Beauty,
Your Beauty is efficiently healing me,
Your beauty is the attic grace,
Your beauty is fighting again’st hell of other’s,
I feel that you are all sane,
Heaven in my thought’s you I hold,
You are the sunshine, so heal me Christ,
Tell me I’m the beauty of Sanity,
Every Being alive shared that love,
Your Beauty never died,
Your Beauty made me move on and on,
Every Beauty I perceive are these,
Infinite thought’s,
Your Beauty that I feed,
Your Grace all efficiently Blessing me.
''maxim''(MaxRahim
nafise sadeghi
4th November 2008, 11:33 PM
BEAUTY
beauty is a gift of god
love and affection
beauty and warmth
pleasure and comfort
beauty is a desire
of lovely face and heart
beauty is a melodious tune
beauty is art
what is beauty
without love and affection
beauty is happiness
of a kind nature
such a beauty aishwarya rai has
impressive and bold eyes
if she can be beautiful
so can u be
be gud and have some fun
being beautiful is a kind of a duty
beauty is of love and affection
not any kind of rejection
nafise sadeghi
4th November 2008, 11:35 PM
Flower
Flower, flower grow for me,
Become a flower from a seed,
Grow your roots and a stem,
Let the water come right in
Flower, flower you are true,
You make me happy when I am blue,
You became a flower from a seed,
You did all that just for me
nafise sadeghi
20th November 2008, 01:27 AM
Behold, I adore beauty
Beauty is warm and cold
Beauty is black and bold
Beauty is different for us all I am told
Beauty I would love a chance to mould
Beauty gives the finest pleasure I am told
Beauty can be bought and sold
To the one and only highest bidder
While it graciously glitters like gold
I adore beauty
Oh! How I adore beauty with a passion
I adore beauty with every last breath
Beauty itself is not exempt
From the laws of birth and death
It experiences the joys of being young and old
Blossoming each day in early youth
Maturing adoringly each day with age
Behold, I adore beauty
Oh! How I adore beauty with a passion
Beauty is something I would like to hold
Where there is too much ugly
I can bring it out of a drawer and unfold
Spread it around the entire household
Without worrying about getting a scold
Behold, I adore beauty
Oh! How I adore beauty
When out on a nightie
Quite hungry and thirsty
And you drink the last drops of milk
From a beautiful chest that is busty
I would say, that itself is a faculty of beauty
Copyright 2006 - Sylvia Chidi
Sylvia Chidi
nafise sadeghi
20th November 2008, 01:28 AM
Beauty, Beautious, Beautiful
Beauty is not a superficial form
Each has their own in essential nature
And in the actions they perform
Until the dissolution of their life
To leave beauty’s impressions in our hearts
Yesterdays beauty never leaves or departs.
Beauty is all around
Each and every place it may be found
As you look with open eyes
Upon the forms that nature makes
Then man seeks to imitate
Yearning to match that beauty all around.
Beauty if you cannot find
Beauty must be in mind
Beauty is in purity
Beauty of simplicity
Beauty runs right through and through
Beauty in me, and them, and you.
Beauty, beauteous, beautiful
Beauty in heaven
Beauty in fire
Beauty in earth
And finally beauty in a simple verse.
David Taylor
nafise sadeghi
20th November 2008, 10:42 PM
nature
human nature, mother nature,
enough of your torture.
safely nature, easy nature,
play your game,
foolish nature, custom nature,
I know your plan
can you nature, would you nature,
try to run away.
stupid nature, poor nature.
find my secret.
Miserable nature, faulty nature,
get out of my way.
It is in my nature,
It is my nature,
don't give me away.
celine charcoal
SaNbOy
15th December 2008, 07:02 PM
How Do You Interpret Love
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Once a Girl when having a conversation with her lover, asked
Why do you like me..? Why do you love me
I can't tell the reason... but I really like you
You can't even tell me the reason... how can you say you like me
How can you say you love me
I really don't know the reason, but I can prove that I love U
Proof ? No! I want you to tell me the reason
http://i34.tinypic.com/n47b54.jpg
Ok..ok!!! Erm... because you are beautiful
because your voice is sweet
because you are caring
because you are loving
because you are thoughtful
because of your smile
The Girl felt very satisfied with the lover's answer
Unfortunately, a few days later, the Lady met with an accident and went in coma
The Guy then placed a letter by her side
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Darling, Because of your sweet voice that I love you, Now can you talk
No! Therefore I cannot love you
Because of your care and concern that I like you Now that you cannot show them, therefore I cannot love you
Because of your smile, because of your movements that I love you
Now can you smile? Now can you move? No , therefore I cannot love you
http://i34.tinypic.com/k9cfix.jpg
If love needs a reason, like now, There is no reason for me to love you anymore
Does love need a reason
NO! Therefore!!
I Still LOVE YOU..
http://i36.tinypic.com/neyw61.jpg
True love never dies for it is lust that fades away
Love bonds for a lifetime but lust just pushes away
Immature love says: "I love you because I need you"
Mature love says "I need you because I love you"
Fate Determines Who Comes Into Our Lives, But Heart Determines Who Stays
سلام diamond55 آفرین من از این مطلب خیلی خوشم اومد چون یه تحقیق درباره ی این موضود داشتم ممنونم و من از این موضوع استفاده کردم امیدوارم دوباره به این بخش اطلاعات ارسال کنی من از تو همایت میکنم و خودم هم در این بخش پست میدهم {wave}
nafise sadeghi
22nd December 2008, 11:21 PM
Thank You, Father Fathers hold you when you have bad dreamsAnd they comfort you when all is lost it seems.Fathers teach you to dribble a basketball and shoot a free throwAnd they lead you as you grow.Fathers teach you how to drive a carAnd they try to teach you how to putt for par.Fathers wipe the tears of your broken heartAnd they hold your hand when you don't know how to start.Fathers quiz the boys who take you on a dateAnd they scold those boys who bring you home late.Fathers carry you on their shoulders when you're too small to seeAnd they watch as you giggle when they bounce you on their knee.Fathers extend their feet to you when they teach you how to danceAnd they always give you a second chance.Fathers wait in the wings while you start your own lifeAnd they pray for a husband to make you a wife.Fathers walk you down the aisle on your wedding dayBut fathers never really give their little girls away. Mahfooz A
nafise sadeghi
22nd December 2008, 11:23 PM
Why Do Fathers?
Why do fathers do the things they do?
Why do fathers say 'I love you'?
Why do fathers tell you one but do another?
Why do fathers say such bad things about the mother?
Why do fathers act like such butts?
Why do fathers act like mutts?
Why do fathers put there hands on you?
Why do fathers swer they can tell you what to do?
As you can tell this is not to all fathers just to the ones that haven't been around.
To the ones that swear they know all and that they are law.
To the ones that don't do they right thing and don't even try.
Nicole Le
nafise sadeghi
22nd December 2008, 11:25 PM
fathers day..
thankyou for fathers,
for everything they do,
the way the'd do anything for you,
taking you to places,
over here and there,
some times when your little theyl
let you sit in their chair.
hipp hipp horay for its the beloved fathers day! !
Happy fathers day.
hollelizabeth yea
nafise sadeghi
22nd December 2008, 11:26 PM
Father's Love
Is a Warm Embrace,
Or a Quick Hug
A Glowing Smile, and Your Wit and Wisdom...
A Fathers Love is a Walk in the Park
On a Hot Summer Day
A Drive in the Car, Down that Windy dirt Road
A Fathers Love is in the Poem Written
To 'A Friend or Daughter,'
In the Special Words That Come Only From a Father...
A Fathers Love is in Fun Times Together
Camping under the Trees
Enjoying a picnic, and Walking through the Leaves...
A Fathers Love is Faith in His Family
High Hopes and Dreams, And Pleasure in Doing
'What Ever It Takes'...
A Fathers Love is a Kiss on the Cheek
Or a Friendly Hand Shake
My Idol for Life, 'I Will Treasure Dearly'...
Carmen Strawn
nafise sadeghi
22nd December 2008, 11:27 PM
04. Beautiful Women
young women, old women
in their heart
despite the years
the yearning to be beautiful
young women, old women
they look at each other
one with envy
the other with fear and contempt (of the wrinkles, old age)
young women, old women
they look into each other
one for a mother
the other for a daughter
john tiong chunghoo
nafise sadeghi
22nd December 2008, 11:28 PM
Why Oh Why
I love Women in the springtime
I love Women night and day
Why oh why, do i love Women
In the summer or the winter
I love Women in any City
I love Women all around the World
Why oh why, do i love Women
When they are dressed in their white Satin
Because Women are everywhere
Why oh why, do i love Women
Why oh why,
Written Wednesday Febuary 2007
allan james saywell
مهناز
1st January 2009, 02:57 PM
I'm walking away from the troubles in my life
I'm walking away oh to find a better day
I'm walking away
sometimes some people get me wrong
when it's something I've said or done
sometimes you feel there is no fun
that's why you turn and run
but now I truly realise
some people don't wanna compromise
well I saw them with my own eyes spreading those lies
and well I don't wanna live my life too many sleepless nights
not mentioning the fights i'm sorry to say lady
I'm walking away from the troubles in my life
I'm walking away oh to find a better day
I'm walking away
Well I'm so tired baby
things you say you're driving me away
whispers in the powder room baby
don't listen to the games they play
girl I thought you'd realise
I'm not like them other guys
coz I saw them with my own eyes
you should've been more wise
and well I don't wanna live my life too many sleepless nights
not mentioning the fights I'm sorry to say lady
I'm walking away from the troubles in my life
I'm walking away oh to find a better day
I'm walking away
مهناز
3rd January 2009, 10:42 PM
When the one thing you’re looking for
Is nowhere to be found
And you back stepping all of your moves
Trying to figure it out
You wanna reach out
You wanna give in
Your head’s wrapped around what’s around the next bend
You wish you could find something warm
'Cause you’re shivering cold
It’s the first thing you see as you open your eyes
The last thing you say as your saying goodbye
Something inside you is crying and driving you on
It’s the first thing you see as you open your eyes
'Cause if you hadn't found me
I would have found you
So long you’ve been running in circles
'Round what’s at stake
But now the times come for your feet to stand still in one place
It was your first taste of LOVE
Living upon what you had
صبا محمدي
6th January 2009, 07:29 PM
I spent this summer between two residencies and traveling. I spent this summer writing and writing. At what I thought was the end of my stint with residencies, a friend mentioned that he was going to do a writing challenge for the month of August. It is called "The Grind" where writers can be invited and are then challenged to produce a poem a day for a month.
At the beginning it seemed exciting. I was going off of momentum from my two residencies. About August 10, I was tired and frustrated and wanted nothing more than to think about writing a poem. It became a situation where writing the poem each day (still is...as August is still going!) felt like a punishment, like, "Man! I still have to write a poem for today."
So that's where I suppose the challenge comes in. Where as before this month, writing didn't feel like a challenge. Poems flowed. Poems almost magically appeared on the page fully-formed without much resistance.
I spent much of yesterday sending poems out into the publishing world. Sent out five submissions. Many of the reach places, but who knows. We will see upon the return. I spent the day, too, avoiding the looming poem that was due. A friend, seeing my struggle, offered a word to get me started: "douce campagna" which he said comes from a Wallace Stevens poem and supposedly means "sweet country."
Immediately when I hear the word "country" I think about my southern leanings. I was born and raised in the South, only recently moved to the Mid-Atlantic states a little over a year ago. And it's a very specific image I see when I hear the word. Georgia. I'm a native of Columbia, South Carolina...which touts being a "metropolis," which I will admit it is more diverse than other cities and towns in SC. So I don't think of home at all when I think of "country" the noun and "country" the adjective., but my grandmother's home, in rural Georgia. I think my friend gave me the word thinking that I would write about the other country...our country....the U.S. Nope.
Too, I should say, I have this interesting relationship with form. I approach it like a logic puzzle. Sometimes, when I have a story I want to tell, but not sure exactly how to shape it into free verse, I'll try it in a form and let the form dictate how the story unfolds. I find liberation in those restrictions. Is that weird of me? So then it's weird. Anyways. Immediately, after I received the word for the challenge, and thought about my Grandmother's Georgia (I also have a Grandmother Georgia...we called her.), I thought about the last time I visited, and what I saw, how it felt, and what we were visiting for. I thought it should go into a pantoum. The poem came soon after. I will share it in all it's newness (2:30 this morning to be exact!) here.
I welcome comments or suggestions.
nafise sadeghi
17th March 2009, 10:33 PM
It was love; love alone
Caused King Edward to leave his throne
It was love, love, love, love, love alone
Caused King Edward to leave his throne
On the 10th of December we heard the talk
He gave his throne to the Duke of York
It was love, love, love, love, love alone
Caused King Edward to leave his throne
King Edward was noble, King Edward was great
it was love that caused him to abdicate
It was love, love, love, love, love alone
Caused King Edward to leave his throne
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